Pocket-knife.



W. J. MINTER. POCKET KNIFE; APPLIOATION FILED MAY 18, 1911.

" Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR.

K or? st reet.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER JOHN MIN'TER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

POCKET-KNIFE.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patent ed Apr. 9, 1912 Application filed May 18. 1911. Serial No. 628.028.

To u Z whom it may roam/ n Be it known that I. \Yanrrzn Jonx Mixrun. a suhieet of the King ot Great Britain. residing at St. i\'liehaels House. ltasinghall in the eity of London. lhuiland. whose postrliee address is Flt. .\Ii 'hael"s House. lasinghall street. in the eity of Lon don. England. have invened eertain new and useful ln'iprovements Relating to lotlteb Knives, ot' \vhieh the following is a speeifieation. v

This invention relates topoeket knives of the kind provided with fittings eonneeted with the tangs of the blades for the purpose of enabling them to be reaeily opened by a lever action.

The object at thi. invention is to produee a fitting of the indieated type Whieh is mounted within a reeess in the tang and pivoted on the hlade pivot. and so eonstrueted and arranged as not to interfere with the hlade spring or trietional surt'aees of the hlade tangs.

In the aeeompanving drawings Figure l is a partly seetional side hladed ltnite titted with my invention. one of the seales heing ren-ioved: Fig. l is a perspeetive view of the tilting pieeet: Fig. 2 'isa part seetional' elevation of a lu'oditieation: and Fig. is a transverse sew tion o'l tl e knife. taken at the pivot E. with tang indieate the same or the hlade elosed.

The same letters of reterenee are used to (rot-responding parts in all three ligures. I

in the drawings. ll indieates the knife handle with hlades li' pivotedthereto and normally held in an open or elosed positionhy a spring S. v

.\eeordin; to this invention l 'llttll(t a longitudinal ineision A in the rear ol the l) ot the hlade B to reeeive the two parts ol' lll lil ing. The rear part ot the tilting is pr l'erahlv a part relill ol' the portion ol" the tang ot the hlade eut away l) the ineision.

in the torn: shown in Fig. l part is provided with a top lorward horn or projw'tion and with a eurved reeess (i to reeeive the heel ol' the trout part l) ol' the tilting. 'lhe rear part ot', the tilting is pinn d to the tang withinthe inei ion hv means of the-pins (1". and the front part l of the fitting is mounted on the hlade pivot E. The said front. part I) is provided with a handle or trigger D for raising it. -'lo elevation of a two-' the your i l a l 1 stop earried v .eonrenlrieallv with said hlade open the hlade l) the handle or trigger D is raised eausing the part l to he turned upon its pivot E until it engages with the 'l'orwart l horn or projeetion ("-on the rear part t of the litting whereupon the independent m vement of the handle or .rigger pier-eseeases and the hlade eommenees to open.

In the modilieation shown in Fig. l the refill part is provided with a straight front side or shoulder t. and the trigger pieee l) is provided with a straight rear side I) to 'engage with the straight side or shoulder when opening the hlade.

\Vith re'l'ereneo to Figs. 1 and 2. it will be seen that. when the hlade B is open to its fullest extent. the spring S'engages the part I) and retains the handle l) against the. haek ot the hlade. In this position. the handle D does notv interfere with the material through whieh the hlade is passed and permits free use oi the knil'e without awkward projeetions or the like.

llaving fully deserihed my invention. what I elaim and desire to seeure h v Letters Patent. is:--

1. A poeket knit'e eoniprising in eomhination. a handle. a hlade pivoted thereto. a said hlade. a lever pivoted eoneentrieall l' said hlade adapted to rest against the tun-h thereol. and provided with an otl'set portion for engagement with said stop. wherehv the hhule inaji' he opened hy said lever and mean earrieddrv said handle engaging said oll's l portion ot' said lever. when the hlade is open. for retaining the same against tliehaelt ot' the hlade.

9 poeltel hnil'e eoinprising in eon'ihinalion. a handle. a hlade pivoted thereto. a

stop earried h v said hlade. a pivolall) mounted lever adapted to rest against the haelt ol' the said hlade and proiidednvitli an oll'set portion l'or engagement with said stop. wherehv the hlade may he opened h) .said lever. and means earried h v said handle engaging said lever. when the hlade is open. l'or retaining the same against the haelt ol" the hlade.

it. poehet knil'e eoiuprising. a handle. a hlade pivoted thereto and'provided with a longitudinal eentral. ineision in the tang thereol' a main spring for 'normallv retaining said hlade in a elosed or open position. a stop within the said ineision ol' said hlade. a ran! within said in ision pivoted and adapted to engage said stop when the blade is closed In testimony'whereof I have hereunto set and to engage said main spring when the my hand in presence of two subscribing'witblade is open, and a lever for actuating nesses this 10th day (if Mav 1911.

said cam and normally extending longitu- WALTER JO HN MINTER. 5 dinally of said blade and at the back there- Witnesses:

of, combined substantially as and .fpr the RIPLEY WILSON,

purpose set forth. R. T. WILLIAMS. 

